Jake Bronstein - Biography

Jake Bronstein (born June 13, 1978), is best known for being one of the founding editors of FHM Magazine - US edition. A self-styled "fun evangelist," he consults on facilitating fun work environments and engagement, and runs an alternative marketing agency called GiantMINIATURE.

Career

At 18, he was cast for the popular MTV TV show Road Rules. At 20, he wrote his first feature for Maxim Magazine. At 21 he signed on for FHM, but took a brief break a few years later to co-host G4 Tech TV's Video Game Vixens. His tenure at FHM came to abrupt end when he was let go for making off-handed remarks about Howard Stern's girlfriend Beth Ostrosky. He also documented his sex life for Glamour and wrote a book about sex under the alias "Allen Jake Bronstein" He currently works in marketing and blogs at Zoomdoggle, a blog about fun he launched with Josh Spear. Zoomdoggle is apparently on unexplained hiatus, as it has not been updated recently as of 4/17/11

Publicity Stunts

Other highlights include his bizarre public stunts, such as bathing in Bryant Park Fountain, taking advantage of a loophole to get into the NBA draft, eBaying the lead singer position in his band, offering himself for marriage, freeing a fish into New York's East River, launching a 50 Dates in 50 States quest by soliciting invites from women on the web, and offering 1,000 strangers a hand-written love letter. He is also the inventor of the Fun Idea Machine and recently started a text system designed to kill boredom by letting people text NEED FUN to 30644 for fun ideas, for free, by phone. He appeared on CBS Sunday Morning drinking a full bottle of maple syrup to set a new world record.

Personal life

He dated Kalle Dedolph during the taping of Road Rules. He once tried sending a girl a "secret signal" during a live TV interview, but was found out by the show's producers.

He married Kristina Hoge over July 4 weekend in 2010.

External links

• Zoomdoggle
• Jake on Twitter
• Jake Photography
• Jake threatening the Zen Magnets guys